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Hey Pandas, How Often Do You Forget Something Important, And What Was The Result? (Closed)

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#1

I was buying groceries. Came home. Stored everything in the cabinets.
And two f***king hours later I realized, I forgot my dog outside the grocery store.
I ran back to get him, and I felt so stupid an SO SO sorry. My dog was just lying there in the autumn sun and when he saw me, he got up and just wagged his tail a little bit. Good boy. And poor boy. 😅

Final score:

24points

LilaNadja Apfel

Ann M Clinkscales 2 years ago

Oops! Glad he wagged and missed you!!

4points

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#2

I left the stove on and I almost died

Final score:

19points

2 years ago (edited)

Who downvoted this? I made it an even 0 for you, btw.

6points

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#3

This was in the early 90s. I forgot I had kids. I wasn't under any unusual stress, going through any special drama or mental illness. It was like any other day except when I got off work; instead of picking up my daughters from preschool, I went to the mall. I tooled around looking at stuff, tried on clothes, and got ice cream. After a while, I went home. Fortunately, my mother was visiting at the time. I opened the door, and she screamed at me, asking where I had been. I said I went to the mall. She looked at me like I was crazy. The school had ended up dropping the girls off at home. As soon as she said the word girls it was like I woke up from a dream. My heart flipped in my chest. I had completely forgotten about them, like completely. Unbelievable even to me, but true.

Final score:

15points

Hey! 2 years ago

I can relate. I forgot all three of my children at some point (but at different times) in the church's nursery. Good thing my husband had the keys to the building.

2points

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#4

Any special days! All birthdays (even my own), anniversaries, Weddings, funerals! Even if you remind me a few days before I'll forget within an hour.

The solution, My wife! She has a fantastic memory for those sort of things so she made a deal with me. If I remember her birthday she'll remember the dates, sort out gifts, and even arrange my time to make visits.

To make it work she told me her birthday twice a day, every day, for a few weeks. And I never forgotten. To make our anniversary easy to remember, she chose to get married on her birthday.

My wife is convinced that my "temporal issues" are related to my disorder so she's quite understanding of it. And, being an only child from a really small family he quite enjoys it as she doesn't really get to do it for her own family.

Final score:

13points

JesseyM 2 years ago

My fiance forgets dates all the time. So I told him to remember the three 5s of February. The 5th is my birthday, the 15th is the day you get in trouble (joking here) because you forgot Valentine's Day, and the 25th is Dad's birthday.

5points

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#5

I know this isn’t the same, as it was what my Dad did a few days ago. He went to bed bummed because he was looking for something and couldn’t find it, in the middle of the night he remembered where it was but didn’t get up. When he got up the next morning, he couldn’t remember what he was looking for but remembered where it was and sure enough it was right.

Final score:

13points

Night Owl 2 years ago (edited)

The brain works in mysterious ways

2points

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#6

I, uh... forgot to turn the oven on.

Twice.

I bet you can guess the result!! 0_0

Final score:

12points

Ranger Kanootsen says GOODBYE!

The Doom Song 2 years ago

You got take out?

4points

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#7

I once forgot my own name. I still got arrested, but under a false name.

Final score:

11points

Saturn Rings 2 years ago

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3points

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#8

I have ADHD and it makes me have a hard time with organizing things. I miss appointments, I put my keys in random spots. It really disrupts my life.

I’m trying to keep a weekly planner to get better with it

Final score:

10points

Ann M Clinkscales 2 years ago

We have hooks all over our house for just that reason. The only rule we have about keys...They must be in a hook!! It may take time to walk around the house to review the hooks, but eventually he finds his keys!!

3points

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#9

At the tender age of 42 I was finally diagnosed with a live-long learning disability (ADHD) and it was decided that I need to be on Ritalin, 20mg three times a day. All too often I forget to have the Dr. renew my Ritalin prescription which, if taken, could have helped me remember to get it renewed. Once I went for almost a year after running out without remembering that I ran out. Also, and that happens way too often, when I am on Ritalin and I put something in a logical place, I can't find that thing again once the Ritalin has worn off after 8:00 PM or so because the logic in my brain is just too different. I'll have to wait until the next day, or take another dose and stay awake all night.

Final score:

8points

Hey! 2 years ago

I have the same problem but not as important as your medicine. If the doctor gives me something long-term, I will forget taking it after a week or two. So, if the doctor needs to, he'll give my husband the job of administering the said prescription. It's all good.

0points

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#10

I don't really forget important stuff often. I grew up making to do lists so that might be why.

Final score:

7points

Fadhuwa Hussain

Cindy Anderson 2 years ago

me too!

0points

#11

I can put something down on the kitchen counter and not find it seconds later. All right, our kitchen counter isn't the tidiest, but still...

Also, I'm not sure how many things we have two of because we can't find the first one.

Final score:

7points

Hey! 2 years ago

LMAO!

0points

#12

I forget dates (i.e. birthdays) all the time. I almost never get presents on time. These days when I make new friends, I apologise, make a note in my calendar, and tell them I cannot promise I will remember to get them something for their birthday. They're lovely people and don't mind, they don't get me anything for my birthday either, which is an arrangement I am happy with

Final score:

7points

Rowan [He/They]

Hey! 2 years ago

I completely understand this.

2points

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#13

I was getting ready to work at a Bible camp, it was a week away, getting my home schooling books ordered and my husband comes home from work and told me he hired a babysitter for the following evening. I asked him what is going on that we needed a sitter.
Only our wedding anniversary.
20 years later he still teases me about that.

Final score:

6points

Hey! 2 years ago

We go out in a hotel room the whole week of when we think it's our anniversary.

2points

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#14

I have executive dysfunction, so it happens A LOT! I often forget about assignments and my grade suffers as a result.

Final score:

6points

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#15

I once got detention twice in a row for the exact. Same. Thing. I was in an advanced math class in elementary, so halfway through normal math, which I still had to do, I'd rip out the homework from the class's workbook. My teacher would always tell me to put it in my take home folder but did I listen? Nooo. I wanted to get to my math class! I would shove it in my desk and walk down the hall. Cue end of day, and I grabbed my take home folder, completely oblivious to the homework sitting on top of it. Two day in a row. And multiple other days scattered throughout that year. For the same thing.

Final score:

6points

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#16

I forgot what year it was. Happens after new year to me every time. We had just bridged into 2022, and, being the smart person that I am who thinks before she speaks, commented how wild it was to be in 2024

Final score:

6points

The_Tired_Artist 2 years ago

crazy- a time traveler!

1point

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#17

I have divorced parents.
One week, I was with my mom (one week at mom's house, one at dad's house schedule), driving to school, and the week before that, I had left my diorama unfinished at my dad's house.
I literally had to text my dad then and there like "Hey, can you glue my diorama together and drop it off at school?"
Later I got called to the office to pick it up.
And then I spent my whole lunch adding one final thing so I actually got a good grade. I had barely any time to eat.
Finally I dropped it off in my classroom and wrote some stuff on it.
I was so, so nervous. Thankfully I got a good grade.

Final score:

6points

* ~ l a s a n y a ~ *

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#18

My keys within the flat or at work. I only realised when my key-card from work, didn't work at the door. (Customer-support can be draining)
Had to call the locksmith 3x (expensive) and wait at a friend for SO to get home 2x.
Since then the keys got a fixed place in the inside pouch of the current jacket.

Final score:

5points

#19

i once forgot to put those ice cream thingies which are put in a plastic thingy, so i ended up eating ice cream soup-

Final score:

5points

samuel the (???)

Elizabeth VanDyke 2 years ago

I once forgot to put Sealtest ice cream in the freezer (in the summer) and when I remembered I thought I would have a real mess to clean, but I didn't. There was no mess at all. The ice cream was still completely in the container. Hard as a rock with the texture of styrofoam. I never bought that brand again.

3points

#20

I forget stuff every day. This usually means I have to walk back to my work truck, in hopes that Ill remember why by the time I get there.

Final score:

5points

#21

So I'm sitting upstairs doing my homework, and little sister comes in and says 'do you have a heagarty maths account, the schools has deleted mine' so I'm like, yeah sure, and try to log in. Only to realise that I've forgotten my password. The annoying thing was that I knew the four numbers it was made of, but not the combination. So we spend a full hour writing down every single variation of these numbers that we can think of, and trying to hack my heagarty maths account. Definitely a 'i cannot believe I'm doing this moment'. Not a single one of them worked, and we gave up. Half an hour later, I remembered my password.

Final score:

5points

Rhianna Hollowaye

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

When I was overseas I had to check my bank balance online and I just couldn't remember all the numbers or work out the order or whatever. I couldn't do the 'forgot number' thing because I didn't have an overseas sim in my phone to receive the netcode. A couple of days later I tried again and got it right first time!

0points

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#22

Forgot to turn off the tea ern. Almost burn down the house :)

Final score:

5points

#23

I forgot my house key, and got locked out(obviously)

Final score:

5points

#24

I forget that we are going on a three week trip that we do every year, but I remember that the british intelligence agency replaced bomb recipes on the dark web to a cupcake recipe.

Its my personal h***, but I also forget about things that would stress me out.

Final score:

5points

Hyper-fixated-Panda

Hyper-fixated-Panda (Submission author) 2 years ago

Let me clarify, I live in the united states

1point

#25

I forgot how to unbuckle a seat belt. Sadly, that is only one of the my many forgetful moments. If I get Alzheimer's nobody will notice.

Final score:

5points

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#26

One very stressful year I forgot my own birthday. Hyped about it for a week but the day of I completely blanked.

Final score:

5points

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#27

My brother once was riding a bike uphill but FORGOT TO PEDAL and upon going backwards fell of his bike and got a few scratches. No harm otherwise, thankfully.

Final score:

5points

#28

I forgot my birthday when I was at the airport once..

Final score:

5points

Hey! 2 years ago

You want my DOB? Well, it could be in January, but April is a good month too!

0points

#29

I forgot to breathe in class once. no joke- I was minding my own buisness in class and felt a pain in my chest- I hadn't been breathing for the last 3 minutes. oops.

Final score:

5points

The_Tired_Artist

ThatBiBookLover 2 years ago

Sometimes I also forget to breathe… by the time I realise that I’m holding my breath my chest hurts HAHA

1point

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#30

I'm always forgetting where I put things, especially if I put something in a "safe" place, and since I'm a hoarder with a very cluttered house, misplaced objects can become almost impossible to find. While trying to organise some of my things, I decided to take snapshots using my pocket camera to help keep track of which things I put in which containers, which seemed to be going fairly well until I put the camera down somewhere then looked for it a few minutes later. That was about 4 days ago and I still haven't found it.

Final score:

5points

Ginger Grumpybunny

Hey! 2 years ago

Ah ah ah, when my husband came back from helping with the war in Ukraine, I had a list of "please find me". I'm still looking for 2 of them.

1point

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#31

I forgot that I had to be on a certain zoom link when I didn't have anyone to tutor (I tutored through zoom 4 days of the week and then tutor in-person for 1 day, that's what I said I'd do at the beginning of the semester). I forgot about it until half of the semester passed. My brain was somehow still in last year, so I was unbelievably embarrassed when my supervisor reminded me (everyone worked via zoom that year, and I was never told to be on a certain zoom link. Maybe other tutors were told and I was kept out of the loop?). Now I have to tutor in-person for the majority of each week, which I'm not a fan of, but idk it is what it is I guess.

Final score:

5points

#32

I'm always forgetting things, misplacing things, etc but never anything truly serious, thank goodness. One of my favorites is when I forgot how to write the number 9. For a few seconds I simply had no idea.

Final score:

5points

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#33

That I cannot cause people to fall unconscious with a thought and thus must deal with their b******t

Final score:

4points

Alias-the-shade

The_Tired_Artist 2 years ago

awww. i wish.

0points

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#34

What?

Final score:

4points

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Emily Doup 2 years ago

what?

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#35

SIS: Forgetting to turn off the lights when leaving.🤣

Final score:

4points

#36

When I'm on a job, I'm usually dealing with 20 to 50 tools. And IK by now, that I'll spend more time than I want looking for something I just laid down. So, I use golf pencils, always having 3 in my pocket, I have 2 tape measures, and when I'm conscience of it, I make a spot reserved for the tools I'm working directly with. I have a 19 in. Tool Tote with 21 Pockets for organizing the hand tools, and a big canvas bag to cart all the power tools and fasteners. But I also know that when I don't get enough sleep, I'll really be loosing time. But try to tell me the night before ha ha!

Final score:

2points

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#37

I forgot to study for my math test... and I got a D+.

Final score:

2points

Zaphod_000

used to be a Naruto fan, shaped up, would kick a baby/grandma if they had any type of headband on. *faked a scar under my eye, got sent to the nurses office, sitting in horrible fear with a marker in my pocket*

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Ieva Midveryte

Hello Pandas! My name is Ieva, though it's often mistaken for the word 'Leva,' and in Lithuanian, it means 'loser' (insert the pain emoji). While I don't take offense if you accidentally call me a loser, I thought I'd share something interesting with you, which I also do professionally at work.Anywayyy, my favorite part here is introducing you to creative people who deserve just as much recognition as famous celebrities. Besides that, I also enjoy memes and funny, lighthearted posts, and occasionally, I find myself drawn to a bit of internet drama.

Hello Pandas! My name is Ieva, though it's often mistaken for the word 'Leva,' and in Lithuanian, it means 'loser' (insert the pain emoji). While I don't take offense if you accidentally call me a loser, I thought I'd share something interesting with you, which I also do professionally at work.Anywayyy, my favorite part here is introducing you to creative people who deserve just as much recognition as famous celebrities. Besides that, I also enjoy memes and funny, lighthearted posts, and occasionally, I find myself drawn to a bit of internet drama.

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